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There was a furniture store a couple of blocks away from a place where we used to rent an apartment. We lived there for 8 years and a going out of business sign was up the entire time.
I don’t think i have ever seen a furniture store without a liquidation sale sign
I genuinely fucking hate “local” furniture stores. That industry seems slimier than car sales honestly. Sell dog shit quality products for hundreds to thousands of dollars and then are allowed to act like they are going out of business constantly. There are always furniture stores around me having “liquidation sales” and “going out of business sales” and literally none of them have ever gone out of business. If anything, they usually raise their prices before their next sale.
It always reeks of money laundering to me.
There’s no way it’s not. Either that or there is some kind of tax loophole they’re able to take advantage of that lets them write all of the furniture off at a loss every year despite turning a profit.
Ashley Furniture in my home town has been going out of business since before I was 18, I'm now 32.
Same. We have an Ashley furniture and an Ashley furniture outlet that are perpetually liquidating their stock
And you can often find the EXACT same items on eBay for a tenth of the price.
Yeah, I bought an 800 couch last year from a place that was allegedly liquidating and it is GARBAGE quality. It’s already falling apart, the staples were noticeable the day we got it, the springs are poor quality, and the frame is cheap. I bought a couch that was easily 20 years old when I bought it and it lasted another three years before having to replace it, and now I’m going to have to replace this couch I bought BRAND NEW after a year.
Maybe they sell water beds
My girlfriend's dad ran a waterbed store. He sold drugs.
Oh no, that's terrible, where? Which waterbed store specifically?
I'm not sure. I can write to him in prison and ask.
Same, in multiple states.
It's like all the "we're hiring" signs in every window
Taco Bell down the road from me has had their large sign out front saying "now hiring closers" for going on 4+ years now. Of course they haven't considered treating employees well and paying them fairly, yet. Prices went up though! Also this is in a very large city with no shortage of people who need work.
It's literally their main sales tactic 😂
comes 2078, business closes, new sign: we told you
A rug shop near me spent from before 1990 though to 2010 "closing down" then they suprised everyone by closing down. They moved to a cheaper shopping centre, and have been operating there ever since
The same 80% discount they had always advertised was in action during the lead up to their move, and continues today
Roscoe's Oriental Rug Emporium?
Reminds me of that store in Men in Black 3 called Always Going out of Business
Or the Zohan’s store of a very similar name